filter question

[Chris Sheffield]

Thanks, Sarah.  I ended up going with a solution similar to this to  
get the job done.  I thought Phil's suggestion would have worked, and  
that's what I was trying to do, but unfortunately it didn't.

But thanks to all who responded.

Chris


On Mar 13, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> It might be faster to filter the list simply to reduce it to lines
> that contain the filter string anywhere, and then do a loop to check
> if the filter string is in the correct item.
>
> -- gather the original data and the required settings
> put fld "List" into tList
> put fld "Filter into Filter
> put 3 into tItemNum
>
> -- do the first filter to reduce the list
> filter tList with "*" & tFilter & "*"
>
> -- loop through making sure it appears in the right item
> put empty into tMatches
> repeat for each line L in tList
>   if item tItemNum of L contains tFilter then put L & cr after  
> tMatches
> end repeat
>
> -- remove the trailing cr
> delete last char of tMatches
>
> -- display the matching results
> put tMatches into fld "Results"
>
>
> Cheers.
> Sarah
>
> On 3/14/06, Phil Davis <davis.phil at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> To filter on column 3, are you using something like this?
>>
>>    put fld "list" into tList
>>    filter tList \
>>        with "*" & tab & "*" & tab & fld "filter" & tab & "*"
>>    put tList into fld "list"
>>
>> If so, it seems like that should work.
>>
>> Phil Davis
>>
>>
>> Chris Sheffield wrote:
>>> I'm trying to apply a filter to a list field.  The columns of  
>>> the  field
>>> are tab delimited.  I have a separate "filter" field that  allows  
>>> the
>>> user to apply a filter to the list based on whichever  column is the
>>> current sort column.  I can get the filter to work fine  so long  
>>> as the
>>> first column is selected, but anything else does not  work.
>>>
>>> How can I apply a filter to a list based on say item 3 of each  
>>> line  of
>>> that list?  Is that possible?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------
>>> Chris Sheffield
>>> Read Naturally
>>> The Fluency Company
>>> http://www.readnaturally.com
>>> ------------------------------------------
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Read Naturally
The Fluency Company
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